Аннотация
Robert A. Heinlein
Farnham's Freehold
Chapter 1
"It's not a hearing aid," Hubert Farnham explained. "It's a radio, tuned to the emergency frequency."
Barbara Wells stopped with a bite halfway to her mouth. "Mr. Farnham! You think they are going to attack?"
Her host shrugged. "The Kremlin doesn't let me in on its secrets."
His son said, "Dad, quit scaring the ladies. Mrs. Wells-"
"Call me 'Barbara.' I'm going to ask the court to let me drop the 'Mrs.'
"You don't need permission."
"Watch it, Barb," his sister Karen said. "Free advice is expensive."
"Shaddap. Barbara, with all respect to my worthy father, he sees spooks. There is not going to be a war."
"I hope you're right," Barbara Wells said soberly. "Why do you think so?"
"Because the communists are realists. They never risk a war that would hurt them, even if they could win. So they won't risk one they can't win."
"Then I wish," his mother said, "that th...
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